quick note

there has been a recent tragedy in my life that keeps me from writing this blog. i'm not sure what i am going to do with it right now. hope to find new reasons to write in an inspired way in the future... thank you so much.

i'm not dead (yet)

happy new year to you all! i wish you a year full of beauty and inspiration!

hehe if there are any readers left, that is... i feel guilty, like i have abandoned my child or something. but every day is a fresh start, no? the good thing is, i have accumulated some stuff i would like to post. the bad thing is, you may find them totally irrelevant :) ahh, focus, focus!

twenty eleven

yet another new year is coming! will we have a snowy new year's day? hope so:) i wish everyone a funny and inspired year! try not to worry too much about that 20th cookie you eat and that whole bottle of wine you drink O_o

a little new year's present for you: what is this plant here?

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inspiration comes from such diverse sources! i have decided to turn my recent experience with bureaucracy (ahh, had to check spelling in the dictionary so bad!) into a cartoon. yes i did.

how i love bureaucracy, mm! all that filling, and refilling the same forms over and over again. all that writing your own address in 20 different places, getting cramps in your wrist. all that slowness in spite of your running out of time. all that feeling of dependence, when you want to scream your lungs off at his face. all that not giving the necessary information at the beginning, when you could just have avoided that whole-day waste of time. and, of course, you have to have infinite amount of cash with you, just at that spot. of course.

don't you love it, too?

back to basics

sometimes an idea leads to other ideas, leading to yet other ideas and so on. inspiration builds itself up, exponentially. in no time you are approaching towards a meaningful whole. but that happens when you are happy with your initial idea. it is like a virtuous cycle.

what happens when you are not sure of your initial idea? does it stop producing anything in a while? does it stay in your 'to do' list forever, collecting dust and eventually fading into nothingness? do you think it is better to force to make it work, or to let it go and start over? hmmm.

check out my fake-3d-microscopic effect:)

nature has its way

living in a mediterranean country, i am happy to enjoy my lovely lovely pomegranate. everytime i open one, i am amazed at what i see. how come those hundreds of gem-like units are so ordered, and so random at the same time? and what kind of glue holds them together, while they are so easy to snap out with your finger? great inspiration! don't step on them, though. really messy.

inspire me

this photo is from the same village where this rusty image was taken, and which i turned into a small guessing game. well, since it is no mystery any more, the village is 'anadolu kavagi'...

the place in this picture seemed almost like a movie scene to me. i loved the worn out texture on the stairs and the overall dirty color scheme (the cloudy weather helping that scheme, too). don't you just love the plant in the tire? necessity is the mother of.. creativity!! hehe.

i'm really happy to see another follower, alecos! thank you:)

vamos a viajar

this blog will turn into a travel blog with the snap of my fingers:) hehe, that's a joke. but for the next few weeks, my main focus will be travelling and getting to know new places. i'm sure there will be lots of design inspiration, artworks, buildings and tons of stuff i can't even imagine right now. not to forget animals ;) remember my 'i love nature' days? i will make you suffer even more! i'm sure at times i will be quite depressed and out of place. i know that's a normal thing, but at the time i won't be able to help myself and be a pain in the rear. for the first time in my life i'm going to fly over an ocean. brrr! don't worry, i'll give the specifics over time. did i say i will fly over an ocean? i mean row:P i'm planning to sell these baskets to supply me some food. and some water. and some petroleum in case i get tired. and some sunscreen.

i'm back

hi, just a quickie to tell that i'm back from vacation. it was a really fantastic one, and a good change. of course i have tons of photos and lots of new inspirations:) una por una, ¿no?

hm.. home sweet home. ok, no slacking, gotta get on working!